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From: "Glenna Kinard" <>
Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Georgia Factory?
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 22:03:04 -0500
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This might be far fetched, but you might want to try the Georgia Tech
website. The school did various surveys of industrial sites and you might
find what you want there.

Here's an example:

School of History, Technology, and Society
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0345
(404) 894-2182
State: Georgia
County: Butts
Name: Nutt & Bond, Inc.
Location: Lyons Street
Data Collected By: Carin Burford
Industry Type: Fertilizer, Cotton Ginning, Selling Coal
Ancillary Industry:
Start Date: 1892
End Date: 1976
Alternate Names: Jackson Oil Mill Company, Southern Cotton Oil Company,
Jackson Cotton Seed Oil Mill
Data: The Jackson Oil Mill Company was founded in 1892. M.L. Hendrick and
J.T. Goodman started the business.
"The Oil Mil will pay $0.40 per hundred for Cotton Seed; if they are
dry and good," reported Meade Hendrick in 1895. In a report concerning a
cotton seed competition in 1895 the Jackson Argus reported that a Rome Oil
Mill made the highest grade of cotton seed meal of all the mills in Georgia.
The Jackson Oil Mill came in only four points below, beating every other
mill in the state of Georgia.
Meade Hendrick reported that "the Jackson Oil Mill Company consumed
over $2000 worth of wood during the year...money remains at home, which is a
great benefit both to the man who sells it and the oil mills."
In a 1897 article entitled "Jackson at the Front," the Jackson Argus
reported that, "The Jackson Cotton Seed Oil Mill has been worth thousands of
dollars to our county. It has demonstrated the possibility of making a
perfect fertilizer at home." At this time the cotton gin was running 240
saws at a time.
In 1917 the name of the business changed to the Southern Cotton Oil
Company. The firm of Nutt & Bond was established in 1924 as a partnership
selling coal, mixing fertilizers, and ginning cotton. After leasing the
business for two years it was bought by T.A. Nutt and W.M. Bond. In 1927 the
firm was incorporated. By 1936, Bond bought Nutt's stock out. In 1941 V.H.
Ham and J.B. White purchased Nutt & Bond, Inc. In 1947 White sold his
interest in the firm to Ham. Ham sold the business to J. Dawson Bryant in
1959. After Hamþs death in 1966, the company was incorporated as an office
for rental and operation of farms. This business venture was dissolved in
1976 and the remaining parts sold to Rufus Adams and Ben Garland. Notes: 1.
"Local News," Jackson Argus, August 9, 1895. 2. "Local News," Jackson Argus,
June 7, 1895. 3. "Local News," Jackson Argus, August 9, 1895. 4. Jackson
Argus, March 18, 1897. 5. Lois McMichael, History of Butts County, Georgia,
1825-1976 (Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing), 329.


Hope this helps,
Glenna Kinard









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Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Georgia Factory?


> With my luck Georgia Factory was the family business.
> Like I would know that right off. Oh well, maybe if I
> chase down James in Athens it will lead me back to John.
> Thanks a million.
> Winnette
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